All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VGENX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VGENX returned +27.48% over the past year and +15.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 20, 1986, VGENX is up +1,591.80% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.32%/yr, and is currently −5.58% below its real total-return high on Apr. 7, 2026.
| Tue 1986-05-20💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGENX × |
+15.37%
2026-06-09 |
+27.48%
2026-06-09 |
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| Tue 1986-05-20💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGENX × |
+1,591.80%
+7.32%/yr |
+6.89%/yr
(R2=0.824) |
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| Vanguard Energy Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1986-05-20💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGENX × |
$10,000.00
1986-05-20 |
$169,180.18
2026-06-09 |
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| Year | VGENX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +15.37% |
| 2025 | +17.53% |
| 2024 | +7.57% |
| 2023 | +5.25% |
| 2022 | +16.08% |
| 2021 | +19.31% |
| 2020 | −31.78% |
| 2019 | +10.70% |
| 2018 | −18.74% |
| 2017 | +1.08% |
| 2016 | +30.36% |
| 2015 | −22.07% |
| 2014 | −14.41% |
| 2013 | +16.36% |
| 2012 | +0.88% |
| 2011 | −4.54% |
| 2010 | +11.78% |
| 2009 | +34.69% |
| 2008 | −42.82% |
| 2007 | +31.52% |
| 2006 | +16.78% |
| 2005 | +39.74% |
| 2004 | +32.34% |
| 2003 | +31.38% |
| 2002 | −3.03% |
| 2001 | −3.93% |
| 2000 | +32.50% |
| 1999 | +17.84% |
| 1998 | −21.68% |
| 1997 | +12.89% |
| 1996 | +29.74% |
| 1995 | +22.52% |
| 1994 | −4.17% |
| 1993 | +24.71% |
| 1992 | +3.35% |
| 1991 | −2.41% |
| 1990 | −7.05% |
| 1989 | +37.60% |
| 1988 | +16.25% |
| 1987 | +0.60% |
| 1986 | +11.18% |
| Tue 1986-05-20💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGENX × |
−5.58%
from 2026-04-07 peak |
−69.52%
2020-03-18 from 2008-05-20 peak |
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| Vanguard Energy Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGENX × | +27.48% |
+37.15% +17.11%/yr |
+59.12% +16.75%/yr |
+82.93% +12.84%/yr |
+43.58% +3.68%/yr |
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